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Bach’s Toccata and Fugue on the mandolin? It’s surprising how well this translates in the capable hands of Alon Sariel...In place of scale and bombast there’s nuance and precision – and a cleanness... — More…
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Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten
RecommendedRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski
those who don't know the least often heard of the symphonic poems should be amazed by Marek Janowski's sympathetic, detailed interpretation; but even Straussians don't often get to hear Die Tageszeiten…I... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Orchestral Finalist
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Nostalgia
RecommendedBrahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Kožená’s voice is a glory at the best of times, a coppery sunset of a tone that can send its glow across the whole sky. But if her voice is gigantic, one thing is bigger still, and it’s Bronfman’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Song
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The period instruments bring a litheness and transparency, with vigour in the third movement allegro molto [in No. 5], the more pastorally phrased interlude liltingly done by the B’Rock, before... — More…
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Record Review, 21st August 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
Freddie de Tommaso (Riccardo), Saioa Hernández (Amelia), Lester Lynch (Renato), Elisabeth Kulman (Ulrica), Annika Gerhards (Oscar)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Marek Janowski
De Tommaso turns out to be the real deal, singing with a confidence and ease that seem astonishing for a singer who was only 28 at the time of the recording, His is a real *spinto* tenor: bright... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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New,
Offer, Telemann: Ino & Late Works Christina Landshamer, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
This disc offers a taste of the ‘Spätlese’ (the ‘late harvest’ ) of Telemann’s career: works that show the octogenarian never lost his youthful spirit and joie de vivre...Landshamer delivers... — More…
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Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, Nobilissima Visione & Boston Symphony
RecommendedWDR Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Janowski lends the music greater energy and urgency [than Abbado]…This very well recorded disc should win Hindemith new friends. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Fleur Barron (Dido), Matthew Brook (Aeneas), Giulia Semenzato (Belinda), Avery Amereau (Sorceress), Tim Mead (Spirit), Nicky Spence (Sailor), Hilary Cronin (Second Woman), Helen Charlston, Martha McLorinan (Witches), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
The suspense, vibrancy and richly layered musical textures of chorus and band have no equal in the discography. The Witches’ scene is an exuberant Gothic festival, with creepily dilating long... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Blomstedt’s attention to detail is admirable, and his performances are wonderfully controlled. Perhaps the Symphony’s slow movement lingers a little more than necessary, but the orchestral playing... — More…
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Piemontesi’s instinctive good taste means he never indulges in histrionics, and operates on the principle that understatement can carry more emotional power than its converse. This performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Instrumental Choice
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